Laws and Regulations


    Overview of the main legislative frameworks and regulatory standards governing the packaging sector at national and international levels.
     
    The contents provide a reference for understanding requirements related to materials, safety, functional performance, and environmental sustainability. 

    Examining regulatory contexts makes it possible to interpret the role of regulation as a factor shaping innovation and design decisions in packaging. In this perspective, laws and regulations help define the framework within which industrial strategies and design practices in the sector evolve.

    93/465/EEC: Council Decision of 22 July 1993

    93/465/EEC: Council Decision of 22 July 1993 concerning the modules for the various phases of the conformity assessment procedures and the rules for the affixing and use of the CE conformity marking, which are intended to be used in the technical harmonization directives

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    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 450/2009

    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 450/2009 of 29 May 2009 on active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food

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    COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2023/826

    COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2023/826 of 17 April 2023 laying down ecodesign requirements for off mode, standby mode, and networked standby energy consumption of electrical and electronic household and office equipment pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 1275/2008 and (EC) No 107/2009

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    COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2025/351

    COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2025/351 of 21 February 2025 amending Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, amending Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 282/2008, and amending Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006 on good manufacturing practice for materials and articles intended to come into contact with food as regards recycled plastic and other matters related to quality control and manufacturing of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food

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    Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles (COM(2022) 141 final)

    COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles

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    Direttiva (UE) 2024/884

    DIRECTIVE (EU) 2024/884 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 13 March 2024 amending Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment

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    LEGGE 29 aprile 2024, n. 56

    LEGGE 29 aprile 2024, n. 56 Conversione in legge, con modificazioni, del decreto-legge 2 marzo 2024, n. 19, recante ulteriori disposizioni urgenti per l 'attuazione del Piano nazionale di ripresa e resilienza (PNRR).

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    Proposal for a RULES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

    Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL LAYING DOWN HARMONISED RULES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACT) AND AMENDING CERTAIN UNION LEGISLATIVE ACTS

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